Women's 7's rugby: Grand Prix Series in Brive

The first round of the FIRA-AER Women's 7's European Championship will be held on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd June in collaboration with the Comité du Limousin (French Rugby Union).

Named "Women's 7's Grand Prix Series", this competition will gather the 12 best European teams (England, Spain, France, Russia, Netherlands, Ukraine, Italy, Portugal, Germany, Ireland, Scotland & Wales) will take place in Brive, in the stadium Amédée Domenech under the sport supervision of Pierre VILLEPREUX. The second round will be organised in Marbella (Spain) on 15/16 June.

After the 2012 title holder England, the winner will have to score as many points as possible accross the two rounds. The last two teams will be relegated to division A.

Eventually, this high level tournament will help preparing the 6 European teams (England, Netherlands, Spain, France, Ireland & Russia) qualified for the RWC in Moscow in June.